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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-04-21

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liflf VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1857, NO. 23. DTWIweoti?. A SKETCH FROM LIFE. At five o'clock upon Thanksgiving morning, Doacon Wilson arose as ho was wont, no holiday making any chango in his hours. Yot how he no longer sprang from his bed with the alacrity which changed duty into pleasure ; ho rose becauso imperious necessity commanded it. Thcro were tho cattlo to be fed and watered, and the poultry to receive the same attention, and there was moreover a fire to be made in tho huge old kitchen firo place; for tho deacon had now no servant or helper, and in the grey winter of his lifo, the whole burthen of managing his place had fallen 6a his shoulders. Fortunately they wore broad and strong fortunately, his constitution was good, his spirits elastic, and his piety sincere, for his burthens and trials were indeed weighty, He had been comparatively rich he was now in embarrassed circumstances. He had looked forward to the time when a son should relieve him of the most laborious of his toils, while a daughter performed tho same kind office for his wifo. Both had been disappointed and now tho old couple were tho solitary tenants of that lone farm house. Tho deacon went mechanically about his inorning labors ; ho drovo the cattle to the Crater tank ; he supplied them with fresh fod-"der.und after seeing that they were comfort able, returned to the old kitchen. By this timo the good wifo had prepared a breakfast, and a genial fire was diffusing its heat through the apartment. Tho old cample sat down to breakfast, after a blessing by the old farmer, but tho meal passed by in silence. It was followed by a fexvent prayer and the reading of a portion of the Scripture. After this they adjourned to the sitting room, whore a good fire was burning, and where the old dame assumes her knit ting, one of those incomprehensible pieces of female industry, which seems to have neither beginning nor end. "Well," said she with a sijrh. "This is Thanksgiving day. It doesn't seem like old tiroes at all. We used to have a house full of company, frolicksome young folks, and cheer ful old people ; and now we are alone, alone." "Last Thanksgiving day," said tho old man, 41 thoro was ono with us who seemed to ray "old eyes like an angel of light, with her fairy golden hair floating liko a glory on her shoul ders, and her little foot making music as she moved about the old house. But even then , there was a hectic flush upon her cheek like the red upon tho maple leaf in autumn. When tho January snows lay deep on the hills and in tho hollows, wo carried her to her last home but God's will be dono." " You forget that wo have another child alive." "No, I do not lorget it," said the old man bitterly. "There is ono living somewhere, who has brought disgrace upon our name, who has forgotten his parents and his God : who has drunk deep of the cup of iniquity, and who has brought ruin and woe upon his name and family." "Do not speak harshly of poor William.'! pleaded the mother. " Why should I not ? Was ho not insensible to kindness steeled against affection ? . Did he not scatter my hard earning to the wind ? Is it not to him that I owe the pros-oect of beggary and destitution ? Ecmcmbcr -thoJrst of February. That is tho last day of .grace. If tho money comes not then, and God Jcaows whence it is to come, wo aro houseless beggars. Who will care for us then?" 'God will care fo us," said tbo aged wo-jjnan, raising her eyes reverently to heaven. The old man tnado no reply, for his utterance was ihdked. At that moment tho old clock that stood ticking in the cornor, struck tho hour of nine. Tho deacon roso. "It is time to harness old Dobbin," said he, "-for we have a long way to rido to meeting and the roads wre in a bad condition." Thoir preparations were soon made, and the old couple, poorly but decently attired, sallied forth to their public devotions. The services nded, the doacon and his wife, as thoy issued from the porch, were kindly greeted by many xld friends and neighbors, more than one of whom pressed them to como and partake of their thanksgivinjc cboor. But the deacon vbpek bis head. "&anyfharik,1my friends," ho said, "but vor since I have been a householder, I have iept my thanksgiving at home, nd I shall continue (o do 60, as long as 1 have a house Wmainihg over 'toy head." So they rodo homo togother. While the Qeaeon irovo up to tho barn to put tip his horse, the old lady opened the back door.which wa always on the latch, and entered the litchen. As sho did so, she started back. A 'stranger was seated by tho kitchen firo, who ftse 5n her entrance. He was a tall, stal war- Man, dressed n a rough suit, with a broadt icittk Ifcat; his'pountebance embrowned by exposure tfce tda artd wind, and his upper lip almost; concede! 6y a feeavy and luxuriant .moustache. - , . rj ' " Good morning, ma'amte sail with eotae 4mbarrassmonL " Finding no one answered mv knocks, I took the liberty of walking hi. 1 Relieve I owe you you no apology, for I have officiated at turnspit, and saved your Thanks- rvmg Urkey from burning." : "Jam very much obliged to you, I'm sure," answered the vi lady,-pulling off hefmiv 4ens. But did yon want to sea me or the dea- " Both ofyo,M answered the stranger. "ton had a son, I believe?.", . . , "Tea' relied Mrs. WUson, with hesita tion, and easting down her eye. "J bat Keep him lately." "Where ?" inquired tho mother, with in creased agitation. " In California." " Was ho doing well ?'" "Admirably. Mother I mother," he ad ded impetuously, throwing back his hat, ' don't you know me don't you know your William?" Ho rushed into his mother's arms, and was clasped to hor beating heart, whilo tho tears streamed freely from the eyes of both. After the first greeting was ovor, the young man asked : " Whore is sister Emmy ? " " Gone," answered tho mother, as her tears flowed forth anow. William sank into a scat, and hiding his face in his hands, wept bitterly. Tho mother did not attempt to check him. Sho knew those tears were precious. " And my father ? " asked tho young man, when ho regained his composure. " Ho is well. But you had better retire for awhile. Go to your old room, my son, it is just as you left it, and wait till I summon you." It was with a fluttering heart that the overjoyed mother went about the preparations for dinner, and when the table was neatly set, every dish in its place, and the turkey smok ing hot, waiting to bo carved, sho summoned tho old man. He made his appearance at once, and took his scat. Glancing round the table, he said : 1 " What is this, wifo, you havo set platosfor throe!" " I thought perhaps somebody might drop in unexpectedly." ' There is little danger hope, I mean of that," answered tho deacon sadly. At this juncture, Mrs. Wilson, with a mys terious expression, Tang the bell, with which. in happier days, she was wont to summon her tardy children to thoir meals. It was answered by the appearance of the long lost William. T, ho deacon, who recognized him after a mo-u.cr.t, jawd upon him with a stern eye, but with a quivering hp t'uat betrayed tho force of his ill suppressed emotions. " So you havo como back at last," ho said. " Yes, father, but not as I left you. Father, last-Thanksgiving day I went into my lonely room, and there, kneeling down, addressed myself to Heaven, and solemnly abjured the fatal cup which had brought ruin upon me, anil woe uDon this onco hapov family. From that day to this I havo not touched a drop. Is sn y probation enough ? Can you now wel come aek your son and bless hiin ? " " Bless him ! Yes, yes, bless you, my dear, dear&ov1." said the old deacon, placing his trembling hand on tho dark locks of tho plea der. "You aro welcome, William, though you come only to witness the downfall of our house." " Not so, fitter," answered tho young man joyously, I Uavo come back to save you to atone for ray prodigality, for all my errors. It was this hope that sustained mo in the lone heart of the Sierra Nevcda, when I was panting with thirst and dying with hunger-Thoughts of homo, of you and mother, and of God's angels, enabled me to conquer for tune. I have como back with a storo of gold you shall not bo a beggar in your old age ; father, wo shall keep tho farm." After this it is unnecessary to add that joy entered tho old homestead. It was a chast ened joy, for tho shadows of tho past yet mingled with the sunshine of tho present ; but the felicity which attended tho prodigal's return was enough to compensate for many sorrows. WHO WRITE THE NEGRO BONGS! The principal writer of our national music is said to bo Stephen C. Foster, tho author of "Uncle Ned," " 0 Susannah," fcc. Mr. Foster resides near Pittsburgh, where ho occupies a moderate clerkship, upon which, and a per ccntago on tho sale of his songs, he depends for a living. Ho writes tho poetry as well as tho music of his songs. These are sung where ever the English language is spoken, while the music is heard wherever men sing. In the cotton fields of tho South, among tho mines of California and Australia, in tho sea-coast cities of China, in Faris, in tho London prisons, everywhere, in fact, his melodies aro beard. " Undo Ned " was the first. This was published in 1815, and reached a sale unknown till then 13 the music publishing business. Of " Tho Old Foil:' ftt Home," 100,000 copies have been sold in this country, and as many more in England. "My KentuCJ Home," and "Old Bog Tray," eaohhadasale of about 70,000. All his other songs have had a great run. All his compositions are simple, but they aro natural, and find their way to the popular heart, and link themselves indissoli bly with its best associations. Another Chance fob a New England Emigrant Society. The directors of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, havo determined to bring into market one hundred thousand acres of the valuable grant of lands by Congress to.tbo'"Statos of Alabama and Mis-SissiPDh to aid in the construction, of .the great work. 1'iheae lands lie in the counties of Wayne, Clarke, Lauderdale, Kemper and Noxubee, Miss., and Sumter, Ala'. They are.con-Uraous or convenient to the line of the rail road ar all within a few hours' distance of Mobile, and a large proportion of thoso now offered, for sale are of good quality, some Of them equal to the finest cotton lands in Mississippi. Thei sale Is to be at public auction, at different points in the .counties mentioned. and to be sold above the minimum price of five dollars per acre. " ; ' ' ; frtr A chap roadimr that Mexican fiileshad been received in New York- city, Went iatoa hardware store an d asked to look at Soma of thew. He es a brother ofthe man whd Inquired fora pouad of Liverpool dates, recieved by 'One of the steamships. STRYCHNINE DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE AI'ltlL, 1. Reported for the Ohio Stato Journal. Mr. Brown, from tho Judiciary committed reported back tho bill prohibiting tho use of strychnine in tho manufacture of intoxicating drinks, with tho rccommondation that tho bill bo indefinitely postponed. Mr. Rush inquired of Mr. Brown why tho committee made the recommendation. Mr. Brown said that ho was not authorized to speak for the committco, but for himself ho would say that ho regarded strychnino as no worso poison than tho natural and nocessary elements of tho liquors themselves. Strych nine kills, and so docs rum, brandy, whisky, &c., tho ono not more certainly than tho other. Tho one does tho work at once, and the other by a slow process. Strychnino never makes its victim a fool, or a madman, or a brute. It never makes a man whip his wife, beggar and starvo his children, and take the life of his fellow'. It never furnishes victims for the alms-houso, beggars for tho streets, or criminals for the Penitentiary and gallows. Intoxicating liquors do all theso things. Ho thought it simply absurd to prohibit the use of the one, and tolerate that of the other. Ho said, if ho could have his way, ho would so impregnate with strychnino all tho liquor in the land, as to cause it to kill a man to look at it even. Mr. Cattell said his objection to tho passage of the bill was that it would seem to imply that if liquor was kept freo from any mixture of poisonous drugs, it would be a safo and innocent beverage. Ho was not willing to give, even by implication, any such impression. Tho fact is, you may tako the purest fighting whisky that can bo manufactured, perfectly freo from every foreign ingredient, and its ef fect on tho community when it is consumed as a drink, is about as bad as anything you can imagine. Its office la" to produce disease and death, by a slow and horrid process. Un der the infiuenco of tho purest whisky, men will abuse, beggar, and often murder thoir families, and go down themselves to a drunkard's grave and a drunkard's reward. Would it bo any worso for him, his family, or the State, if the first dozen drinks wcro sufficient to closo his career, bcton Lo. has broken tho heart of his wife, and reduced his children to starvation, or tho necessity of relief at tho hand of charity ? It was not in the use of poisoned or drugged liquor, wo aro to look for the cause of the manifold miseries they produce. It was tho principle of intoxication contained in tho purest liquors, which docs tho mischief. No virus, however deadly, can add much to the venom, of their own native character. It would bo even better to mako your whisky from dog button alone, than to torturo our rye and corn into the seductive poison. Whisky has long had a bad name ; it is getting worso ; even its friends arc becoming sus picious of it ; let us do nothing to indorse its respectability j on tho contrary, I would outlaw it. I would class it with other poisons, and brand it as such, and prohibit tho sale of it as a beverage, in any quantity. That would bo quite as easy as to prevent tho mixture of poisonous drugs in its manufacture, and bo far more efficacious. We fail in our efforts at suppressing intemperance, becauso our laws aro based upon the false position, that it is necessary and right that intoxicating liquors should bo sold and used as a beverage, within certain limits, by persons over a certain age, and free from certain habits. Now, the truth is, it is neither an Article of necessity, nor even of luxury to a healthy stomach, but a pernicious poison, whose province is to destroy tho health, and madden tho brain ; and the wholodram-selling business should bo exterminated as a curse to society, unmixed with a single blessing. But I would not undertake its extermination by fines and imprisonments upon cithor tho seller or drinker, but by seizing and destroy ing tho liquor itself, when kept for that pur pose. Tho inflictions of fines and imprisonments always creates sympathy for the parties who suffer them, with but little regard to their guilt or innocence If tho offender have a family, it is they, who, in numerous cases, suf fer most by the infliction, and humane men, who long for justice, will not enforce a law which punishes the innocent more than the guilty. It is easy to avoid all this, by simply seizing tho mischievous article itself, which will excito no man's sympathy, outrage no man's sense of justice, and punish no innocent party for the guilt of another. I would eager ly and joyfully vote for such a law; striking at tho very root of this great evil ; but for a 177 to protect the character of liquor from tho chargo of poison, for a law merely to prevent a cross botwoen airjehnine and whisky, never. Let thom go together, they are fit as-sociates their product is death. Mr. Lawler said : Mr. President, I have heretofore thought myself a .true friend of the temperance causo, but if the position takon by certain Senators, in their discussions of the bill now before tho Senate, is the only temperance position, I aupposo I shall be compelled to abandon my fouuer good opinion of myself. But,ir, I do not jregard the proposition now before (he Senate, as invoking .question of temperance. It is not a proposition to legislate for the benefit of those who use intoxicating liquors, as a common beverage, but to protect 'community in its proper use its medicinal use. This is a consideration, which it seems to me, has been wholly overlooked by many Senators in this discussion. Who does net know that many medicines now employed, under the direction of competent Physicians, aro prepared in the use of Alcohol. Many of the tinctures and other medicines lolifvor form, obtained of the Druggist; contain Alcohol. Shall those be adulterated by an infusion of strychnine ? Whop (a the so of these remedies wo seek the blessing of health, shall we bo required to take deadly poison ? But, sir, tako it as a tcmporar.ee moasure simply, and I cannot occupy the position and embrace the sentiments of tho Senators from Portage and Columbiana. I cannot consent that even tho drunkard shall be consignod to a speedy death and untimely grave. As long as thoro is lifo thcro is hope. While tho drunkard lives ho may possibly bo reformed. True, ho may wasto his property,and beggar his wifo and children, but his reformation is more than any moro consideration of property. Let him live, therefore, as long as God permits, that ho may bo recovered from tho error of his ways. Mr. President, the objection is not that alcohol does not contain poison enough, but that it contains too much, that it kills kills too fast. I would not put more poison in, but tako more out. I would mako it innocent harmless as water. I hope, therefore, that tho bill may pass. Mr. lurk said : It is not my intention to make any extended remarks upon this bill ; other matters of pressing importance, are now demanding out timo. I beg leave to take issue with my friends, tho Senators from Portago and Columbiana. Thoir position is so novel, and so contrary to tho feelings of true human ity, in my estimation, that I feel compelled to make a remark or two. I think that no ono can bo more opposed to tho manufacture and salo of alcoholic drinks, than myself, and if, as is asserted, it has becomo customary to use strychnino or other poisons in their manufacture, it becomes us to sanction this bill, and reject the report of this committee These Senators tell us that we should not, but insist that we should, induco tho more frequent, and moro abundant uso of poisons, in order to do-tor men from tho habit of drinking ; or in other words, that thoy who havo riveted tho fetters of inebriety upon them, should be killed moro speedily. I ask Senators if this is the expanded philanthropy that should actuate us here ? I think not. Alcoholic drinks arc sufficiently deadly in themselves. How many homes crowd upon my memory now, whore every emotion of tho heart, was tho result of contentment and peace, but are now made desolate, sad, drear, by this blighting curse. Consider that tho man who once moved in so ciety, whoso sparkling wit, lofty thought and social lecl!ni, mado him ono of its brightest ornaments, is still lovod by his littlo family ; thoy remember Ins virtues and tho 110U0 am. bition which onco animated his warm impulses for them, and tho future, and they cling with the tenacity of death to tho hope that his child's innocent prattlo, and a wife's undying affection, may repair the ruin which has been made by this poison. They still hopo that tho adder which is concealed in tho "flowors that wreath tho sparkling bowl," may lose its powor to please, and restore to thom a husband and father. Many such prayerful and long delayed hopes havo been realized. But, the gentlemen say, kill them quick, and lot them go. Let me say, that it is not the fool that becomes a slave to this appetite, as a gen eral thing ; it is tho man whoso liberality, goodness of heart, and social feelings, make him the companion of tho festive hour. Men may talk lightly hero of theso unfortunates, and think that the world is best rid of them ; but if there is a class of men, Tor whom I havo a deep sympathy, these are the men, and for Heaven's sake, do not add anything more to their tortures. If wo are never to suppress tho awful consequences of intcmpcranco until wo do it by murdering its victims with other poisons, its ravages will never bo checked its stream of desolation and death will move on. carrying the once generous and noble heart, and if tho pyramids of broken hearts and blasted hopes, erected all along its shore, will not causo them to resist its migty and almost resistless current, strychnino will not do It. I hopo this bill will receive the sanction of this Senate. BAYARD TAYLOR ON HIS TIC At ELS. Taylor writes from Pitca, in 65 degrees North latitude, with the thermometer at 38 degress below zero, in the following strain ; This is Artie travel, at last. By Odin, it is glorious I Tho smooth, firm road, crisp and pure as alabaster ,ovcr which our sleigh run-nors talk, with the rippling, musical murmur of summer brooks ; the sparkling, breathless firmament ; the eorgeous, rosy flush of morn ing, slowly deepening until the orango disc of tie sun outs tho horizon ; the golden blaze 01 tops of the bronze firs ; tho glittering of the glassy birches ; tho long dreary sweep of the landscape ; the icy nectar of the perfect air; the tingling of the roused blood in every vein, all alort to guard the outposts of lifo against the besieging cold it is superb ; Tho natives themselves spoke of tho cold as being unusually severe, and we congratulated ourselves all the more on our easy endurance of it. Had we judged only by our own sensations, we ehould not have believed the temperature to bo nearly so low. Wo made two Sweedish miles by noon, and then took a breakfast of fried reindeer meat and panckes, of which we ate enormously, to keep up a good supply of fuel. Braistcdand I consumed about a pound of butter between us. Shriek not, young ladies, at our tulgar appetite you woo sipaspoonmi or ice cream, or trifle with a diminutiue meringue, in company, but mako amends on .cold bam and pickloa 4a tho pantry, after you go borne I shall toll the truth, though it disgust you. This intense com begets a necessity for (at, and with the necessity comes the taste a wise provision of Nature. I have no doubt I shall be able to relish train .oil and tallow candles before we have done with Lapland. Something Rare. We learn from h Louisiana papers that at tho close of the session of tho Legislature of that State a motion was made to allow Sir. J. A. Warner, Secretary of the Senate, $500 extra compensation, When that gentleman arose and requested the mover to withdra it ; said that he accepted the office with a knowledge 6f the salary and From the St. Loui(Mj.)Domocrnt,(Bi'nt(inor;;ivn) Ollt TICKET AND FLATFOK.II. Tho Democratic City Convention on Saturday was full in numbers, unanimous in opinion, and harmonious in action. Most of tho candidates were nominated with acclamation, and without a dissenting voice ; and only in ono caso was it necessary to make a second ballot. Tho earnest spirit which informed tho delegates could not fail to make itself cognizable to tho least observing. Belief in tho rights and respectability of freo labor, in tho salutary influence of freo discussion, in tho superiority of freo soil, and tho determination to maintain this creed honcoforward, wore tho leading characteristics of the collcctivo intelligence and volition. " Freo labor " was a potent spell word, responded to whenever uttered in a peal of cheers and stampings, If numbers earnestness, and unity, aro favorable prognostics, wo may abide tho result of tho election with the tranquility which the knowledge of victory imparts. Tho resolutions adopted by tho Convention aro a brief and dispassionato expression of the sentiment entcrtainod by tho masses of this city upon tho question now most prominent in the public mind, and especially upon the local bearings of that question : Whoroas, the Pro-Slavery party of this State, calling themselves national Dcmocats, by thoir course in the last session of the Legislature, renowed tho agitation of tho Slavery question, and forced tho emancipation ques tion upon tho people ; and whereas the Democracy of this city deem this a fit opportunity to declare their sentiments in regard to this question, therefore bo it Resolved, That we heartily end:rso the course of our delegates in the last Legislature. Resolved, That tho gradual emancipation of Slavery in tho Stato of Missouri, in tho opin ion of this Convention, is an open question, and ono of vital importance to tbo pcoplo of this State ; that wo disapprove of the resolutions on this subject introduced by Mr. Cany in tho Legislature, during its last session, as an attempt to gag the froo expression of opinion upon tho freedom of spoech and of tho press. Resolved, That tho Constitution of this Stato provides that slaves may bo emancipated bi tho consent of tho owners, by making compen sation for the same, and that gradual emanci pation, upon tho terms provided in tho Constitution, in neither " impracticable, unwise, nor unjust," if it shall appear to be for tho best interests of tho people of this Stato ; and the on ly modo of ascertaining this important fact is by full and froo discussion of tho entire subject.fn the first place, tho responsibility of enkindling a domestic Slavery agitation in Missouri, in which tho institution will bo consumed liko stubble, or through which it will pass liko gold through the crucible, is placed upon tho proper agent. Tho historic evidence which convicts tho national Democratic party of tho guilt or crowns it with tho glory of initiating that agitation, is tbo recent and too notorious to require that it should bo reproduced on this occasion. That party applied the torch in electing Balm, and poured oil upon the firo in passing Carr's resolution. They lighted tho path of tho friends of freo labor, wbo wcro not slow to pursue it, and which has led them to a lofty eminence Unchal lenged and unassailed, the " national Democ racy," with a recklessness which looks like a fatality, placed Slavery on its banner before tho world ; and they aro now conscious that sentence of doom is impending. Tho praise or blamo of presenting tho issuo is theirs. H7ien a system of gradual emancipation shallbe in successful operation in this State when land shall be trebled in value, and the white population quadrupled in numbers when St. Louis shall have the mills of Lowell and the forges of Pittsburgh, in addition to her own expanded commerce Oie statesman or historian, in accounting for Ote new order of things, may mention thepro:eed-ings of the Legislature of 1S5G '57, and accord due merit to the National Democracy such merit as tlie Scriptures accord to Ballam for blessing those whom he went forth to curse such as is accorded to aU blind an I widcei instruments for accomplishing good ends. Tho importance of the question of emanci pation tbo right to discuss it the qualified permission to emancipate, contained in tho Constitution an anathema upon Carr's resolution, and " full and freo discussion of the entire subject," aro embodied in the simple and comprehensive platform constructed by the Convention, and on which tho robust Democracy of St. Louis itand in "cubic phalanx firm." It was deemed better to ignore dead and distant issues, and concentrate upon tho near and vital ono which is specified in the resolutions. Tho ukase offorcd by Can-in the Legislature was cortainly an attempt to gag freedom of speech ; but it was more, for it was an attorapt to enternize Slavery in this Stato, and to Shut out free State, immigration. If it could effect this two-fold purpose, it would blight tho land, and make the Missouri river as much of a solitude as the Amazon. For tunatoly, the constitutional right of engaging in the pursuit of happiness, of which mankind is somewhat prone to avail itself, renders the Carr resolution a dead letter. The issue in this canvass is thus clearly do fined. Shall we submit to be gagged ? Shall we acknowledge that Slavery is too sacred for discussion is it dearer to us than tbe Stato ? If a conflict of interest should arise between tho State and the institution, shall we commit ourselves in advance for the institution and gainst the State 1 The day may come whe loyalty to Slavery may be treason to Missouri It may hare come already. Shall fee then refuse to enlighten onrsolves at such junetmre, and forbid inquiry ind in vestigution ? Tho causo that shuns inquiry and repulses investigation is a bad causo. We do not supposo tho freemen of St. Louis will ombraco it by electing any man cliief magistrate of this city who affiliates with those who soddcneJ the soil of Kansas with' fratcrnu' blood who exulted at tho introduction of club law in tho Senate chamber who blocka ded tho Missouri river, and carried out the rightof search ou every suspected steamer upward bound who havo rioted in every class in degree of crime for a long period. It staggers belief, that tho party of Atcliisou unj Stringfrllow, of Calhoun and Reed the party that not only commits noonday homicide, but that encourages a band of assassins to make away with ono man tho party that breaks opon the United Stutcs mail, and that meditates tho destruction of tho States themselves it staggers belief, we say, that such a party Should have tho temerity to run a ticket in a city which is governed by law, and which is devoted to the peaceful pursuits of industry and art. That party is desirous of making conquests all round of having its minions in power in St. Louis, and of making our municipal government the confedcrat? of tho Bluo Lodge. RED COAT VS. RED SHIRT. At a convivial party at which Mr. Webster and sevoral distinguished lawyers woro present, tho conversation happening to turn on the legal profession, Mr. Webster related tho following story : When I was a young practitioner, said Mr. Webster, there was but one man at tho New Hampshire bar of whom I was afraid, and that was old Barnaby. There were but few men who dared enter the list with him. On ono occasion Barnaby was cmployod to defend a suit for a pieco of land; brought by a littlo crabbed, cunning lawyer named Bruce. Brucc's case was looked upon as good as lost, when it was ascertained that Barnaby was retained against him. Tho suit came on for trial, and Barnaby found that Bruce had worked hard and left no stono unturned to gain tho victory. Tho testimony for the plaintiff was vory strong, and unless it could bo impeached, tho caso of tho defendant was lost. Tho principal witness introduced by the plaintiff woro a red coat. In summing up the evidence, old Barnaby commenced a furious attack upon this witness, pulling his testimony all to pieces, and appealing to tho jury if a man who woro a red coat was, under any cir cumstanccs, to bo behoved. " And who is this red-coated witness," exclaimed Barnaby, "but a decendant of our common enemy, who has strivon to tako from us ourliborty, anu' would not hesitate now to doprivo my poor client of his land, by making any sort of rod-coated statement ? During this speech Bruco was walking up and down tho bar, greatly excited, and half: convinced that his caso was gone, knowing as ho did, tho prcjudico of tho jury against anything British. While, however, Barnaby was gesticulating, and leaning forward to tho jury in his eloquent appeal, his shirt bosom slightly opened, and Bruco accidently discovered that Barnaby wore a red under shirt. Bruce's countcnanco brightened up. Tutting both hands in his coat pockets, ho walked tho bar with great confiileiiae to tho astonishment of his client and all lookers-on. Just as Barnaby concluded, Bruco whispered in his client's car, "I've got him your caso is safe;" and approaching tho jury ho commenced his reply to the slaughtering argument of his adversary.Bruce gave a regular history of tho ancestry of tho red-coated witness, proving his patriotism and devotion to his country, and his character for truth and veracity. " But what, gentlemen of tho jury," broko forth Bruco in a loud strain of eloquence, while his eyes flashed firo, " what are you to expect of a man who stands here to defend a causo based on no foundation of right or justice whatever, of tho man who undertakes to destroy our testimony on the ground that my tvitness wears a red coat, when, gentlemen of thojury when, when, gentlemen ot the jury ! " hero Bruco mado a spring, and catching Bar naby by the bosom of tho shirt, tore it open displaying his red flannel " when Mr. Bar naby himself wears a red flannel coat concealed undor a bluo ono 1 " Tho effect was elec trical ; Barnaby was beat at his own game, and Bruco gained tho cause. Oie Orleans Picayune Letter from Col. Titus. Col. Titus publishes a letter in tho New York Herald, in which he cives an account of hii arrest and unpnsynmont on boanl tne British corvotto Ubssad; and appeals to the American people to avengo the insult offered to them in his person, lie says: Has Ameriea proud America 1 ceased to exist ? and has her counsels become so corrupt, under tho rule of Pierce, Marcyand Yander-bilt, that they will barter American freedom for thier own self-aEenuidiscmenl?- To tlio American bcoplo I appeal, in tho naroo of our sacred constitution and the precepts of our institntions, to call for tho rights of hcreitizons and from such outrageous insults from tho hands of the English coxcombs that infest this coast. Alas, would to God that I bad never witneied sueh a disgrace. I for tho first time felt that I was prisoner in he hands of my enemies. I shall bear the insult with patience and fortitude and wait for tho result. Well do I know that uv causo has inany friends in my native land, wbo will not quietly submit to such an outrage upon American liberty at the hands of English oppressors and tyranta. 11" 1 m - 1 ftj- In a little town on the upper Missisrfp pi river a clergyman recently married a young couple, and after the ceremony wasover wish ed the bride a pleasant journey down the "stream of life." "I hope so,"" said she; " I've beard there was a great deal of fever on tbe river now, and I hope we shan't ketch nono oft oa the way dcwn.1' From tlio Now York Tribune,' KANSAS XE AYS. A Meeting in LiiBrmce-G'iternl Lnne on th Slump Lojtts Cjmus Sltenff Junes Resurrected.Lia-rtMrTON, K. T., M.irch 23, 1S37. Somo ei'lit hundred porsons met in the lower story of Mr. Morrow's now hotel, in this place, last night, to hear Col. Lina spjnlc. Lane was well received, lie spoko somo two hour,' to an interested nudiunce. In stylo of lelivory and fk ,'doiu of manner he was the samo old Jim Lano. I noted ono improve-. ment ho hasoschewed'the "vain repetitions"-with which he used to signify his periods.: Tho sarcasm which this peculiarity met ban inducted a moro simple style, but still it i emphatically "Lnnoish." 1 ho positions ho took were tho same as ta ken Ly tho rvcon t Tupoku Convention. On some points ho elaborated' and expatiated, but he held that the policy was not only tho riht one, Out that thcro was no alternative. Ho urged tho necessity of the Stato Legi.-Oaturo tisoemijling in .J 11110, at lopeua. liiatluoy should framo a wholesome code of laws, an.t havo tho whole State organization complete and ready to put in active operation in a mo ment, lliat they should also memorialize Congress for admission as a State.au J set thoir State Government 111 motion tho moment IficY wore admitted, or when the Pro-SUivery Stat Uovernment attempted to go 111 motion out of the ('moil'." Ho said ho did not como to eairse difficulty and hoped there would be none. He denied that he began the war last summer. Ho entered into an elaborate explanation of his coQ'- duct in coining into tho Territory and leaving it when he did. 11c had left, trusting in good faith to Geary, and not wishing to cmluirras the action of tlio latter. At the samo time ho stated that tho arrival of Governor Geary, coining as ho did, was a misfortune, as tho Pro-Slavery Territorial Government 'would have been driven but in a few days more, and tho squatters of Kansas would have secured justice against usurpation. IIo claimed that the' peace" winch ensued was the result 01 thCOurage and forbearance of the Freo Stato men. lie complimented the I reo state soldiers, and said that the Kepublican party of tho country was tho only ono from which Freo Kansas had anything to hope. Ho said tha twenty Republican Senators would never consent to a bill admitting Kansas as a Slave! State, and there was no " previous question " in tho Senate. IIo condemned tho maugurat of Buchanan. He had faith in the prudence if not in the principles of that Adiuibiatratiori until ho had read that inaugural. lie gave an account of his trip up tho Missouri river, ia disguise and under an assumed name. He. said that a quarrel should ncYcrbcgiu ia Kansas about him, and over hlru. Tho bogus census takers are dt work. They have received instructions from the bogu.4 county courts, which differ materially from, oven tho bogus directions, and thoy vfere bad enough in all conscience Tho truth is h)tt every bogus official is a law unto himsolf; and legislation to uctlno their unties is a work 01 supererogation, i here is not a bogus consta ble but occasionally assumes the functions of tf 3ustitTJTJfrfacre'is'uoi. a Sheriff hut labors under tho delusion that he is a Judge, and tho bogus county courts havo as exalted an opinion as to their omniscient and legitimate mission on earth as if they were descendants oT the red fruit of Lako 1'ulkouri. This samo census will bo a very great humbug; but bogus humbugs aro sometimes Seri'- ous. Unly a small part 01 the f reo State men aro placed on tho list. They tako no one that is, no Free Stato man who was not an actual settler on the Iotli inst. They Ignore tlio recent arrivals in fact all tho arrivals of this Spring, ami do not tako one-half of tlio others. The Freo Stato men allow them to do as they please, only somo of them wish them at Jericho, and sume few do not scrupla to say so. I learn that " Johnson Comity " will haVo the largest population of any county in tho Territory -Johnson Countv, which does not contain a hundred legal voters, even by that fraudulent act, and which is not open lawfully to white settlement yet perhaps will not bo for somo timo. This constitutional census and election movement of the Oligarchy is going to bo by far the grandest and most systematic voting swindle that was ever heard of. Fr.Escn Fashion. Husbands nlid fathei-s will shudder to learn that the French fashions assetby the Kmpress Eugenic, contemplate no contraction of "circumforoncoand cost." Says-a corespondent: "Tlio latest fete at tho Tuilerics was marked by (if possible) a greater extravagance than ever in tho dresses. The Kmpress' costumo no crinolino could possil ly have supported, so onormous was the extent and so solid tho substructure. Tho dress was a potticoat of white tulle, with thrco skirts bouilone; a tunic of sky-blue velvet, trimmed with tulle pufiingH and largo gold beads; and a head dress of blue foliago, surmounted by a diamond tiara all of which ol course, became her aiajosty." Washington-, April 10. Ex-Govenor Gea ry rotumod to Washington this morning ta close his official business wilh the Government. lie has stated to his friends that ho will not b drawn into a newspaper controversy, being; satisfied that while ho was uovcrnor, ho honestly and to tho best of his ability discharged his duties, tie also says that ho will not u responsible for tho publication of reported con. versations, niany of which aro contradictory; but ho is willing to be iudged by his oQiciai acts and Statements, which by himself were; committed to paper. Lynching near Mays I IIo. Doubtless our readers remember tho cir cumstanccs attending the death of Mr. F razor a fanner residing near Lexington, and the sub sequent trial of his wifo and overseer, named Gregg, on the chargo of liuviug murdered him. They were acquitted, and liavo since married and settled near Maysvillu. A few days ago Grcire: was Ukon out of his house and thor oughly castrated, by a party of men supposed. to be trout Lexington. liouuwue Journal, 1th iflst. ftT A kind hearted and affectionate spoa. boiinettcd and shawled, very rxenlty appeared at the door of a room where her good natured liego lord was about to indulge in a comforta ble snooze. " My dear, J am going shopping. What shall I bring you to comfort you ?" " I don't know, lore ; I don't think of am . tiling I want particularly, just now. Como and kiss me. I will tell you, however what 1 want you to don't bring mo." " Wbt iait, pray ? " . " Tray, don't bring me ia k" Akothes "Bask Cai."-Go. King, of New York, returned to the pwjdent of tho Hudson River railroad ifrttpiss which that gontleiuan had sent him. with a polite note, saying that his official Tsitiuli iriU lit per i mil Aim to fist it.

liflf VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1857, NO. 23. DTWIweoti?. A SKETCH FROM LIFE. At five o'clock upon Thanksgiving morning, Doacon Wilson arose as ho was wont, no holiday making any chango in his hours. Yot how he no longer sprang from his bed with the alacrity which changed duty into pleasure ; ho rose becauso imperious necessity commanded it. Thcro were tho cattlo to be fed and watered, and the poultry to receive the same attention, and there was moreover a fire to be made in tho huge old kitchen firo place; for tho deacon had now no servant or helper, and in the grey winter of his lifo, the whole burthen of managing his place had fallen 6a his shoulders. Fortunately they wore broad and strong fortunately, his constitution was good, his spirits elastic, and his piety sincere, for his burthens and trials were indeed weighty, He had been comparatively rich he was now in embarrassed circumstances. He had looked forward to the time when a son should relieve him of the most laborious of his toils, while a daughter performed tho same kind office for his wifo. Both had been disappointed and now tho old couple were tho solitary tenants of that lone farm house. Tho deacon went mechanically about his inorning labors ; ho drovo the cattle to the Crater tank ; he supplied them with fresh fod-"der.und after seeing that they were comfort able, returned to the old kitchen. By this timo the good wifo had prepared a breakfast, and a genial fire was diffusing its heat through the apartment. Tho old cample sat down to breakfast, after a blessing by the old farmer, but tho meal passed by in silence. It was followed by a fexvent prayer and the reading of a portion of the Scripture. After this they adjourned to the sitting room, whore a good fire was burning, and where the old dame assumes her knit ting, one of those incomprehensible pieces of female industry, which seems to have neither beginning nor end. "Well," said she with a sijrh. "This is Thanksgiving day. It doesn't seem like old tiroes at all. We used to have a house full of company, frolicksome young folks, and cheer ful old people ; and now we are alone, alone." "Last Thanksgiving day," said tho old man, 41 thoro was ono with us who seemed to ray "old eyes like an angel of light, with her fairy golden hair floating liko a glory on her shoul ders, and her little foot making music as she moved about the old house. But even then , there was a hectic flush upon her cheek like the red upon tho maple leaf in autumn. When tho January snows lay deep on the hills and in tho hollows, wo carried her to her last home but God's will be dono." " You forget that wo have another child alive." "No, I do not lorget it," said the old man bitterly. "There is ono living somewhere, who has brought disgrace upon our name, who has forgotten his parents and his God : who has drunk deep of the cup of iniquity, and who has brought ruin and woe upon his name and family." "Do not speak harshly of poor William.'! pleaded the mother. " Why should I not ? Was ho not insensible to kindness steeled against affection ? . Did he not scatter my hard earning to the wind ? Is it not to him that I owe the pros-oect of beggary and destitution ? Ecmcmbcr -thoJrst of February. That is tho last day of .grace. If tho money comes not then, and God Jcaows whence it is to come, wo aro houseless beggars. Who will care for us then?" 'God will care fo us," said tbo aged wo-jjnan, raising her eyes reverently to heaven. The old man tnado no reply, for his utterance was ihdked. At that moment tho old clock that stood ticking in the cornor, struck tho hour of nine. Tho deacon roso. "It is time to harness old Dobbin," said he, "-for we have a long way to rido to meeting and the roads wre in a bad condition." Thoir preparations were soon made, and the old couple, poorly but decently attired, sallied forth to their public devotions. The services nded, the doacon and his wife, as thoy issued from the porch, were kindly greeted by many xld friends and neighbors, more than one of whom pressed them to como and partake of their thanksgivinjc cboor. But the deacon vbpek bis head. "&anyfharik,1my friends," ho said, "but vor since I have been a householder, I have iept my thanksgiving at home, nd I shall continue (o do 60, as long as 1 have a house Wmainihg over 'toy head." So they rodo homo togother. While the Qeaeon irovo up to tho barn to put tip his horse, the old lady opened the back door.which wa always on the latch, and entered the litchen. As sho did so, she started back. A 'stranger was seated by tho kitchen firo, who ftse 5n her entrance. He was a tall, stal war- Man, dressed n a rough suit, with a broadt icittk Ifcat; his'pountebance embrowned by exposure tfce tda artd wind, and his upper lip almost; concede! 6y a feeavy and luxuriant .moustache. - , . rj ' " Good morning, ma'amte sail with eotae 4mbarrassmonL " Finding no one answered mv knocks, I took the liberty of walking hi. 1 Relieve I owe you you no apology, for I have officiated at turnspit, and saved your Thanks- rvmg Urkey from burning." : "Jam very much obliged to you, I'm sure," answered the vi lady,-pulling off hefmiv 4ens. But did yon want to sea me or the dea- " Both ofyo,M answered the stranger. "ton had a son, I believe?.", . . , "Tea' relied Mrs. WUson, with hesita tion, and easting down her eye. "J bat Keep him lately." "Where ?" inquired tho mother, with in creased agitation. " In California." " Was ho doing well ?'" "Admirably. Mother I mother," he ad ded impetuously, throwing back his hat, ' don't you know me don't you know your William?" Ho rushed into his mother's arms, and was clasped to hor beating heart, whilo tho tears streamed freely from the eyes of both. After the first greeting was ovor, the young man asked : " Whore is sister Emmy ? " " Gone," answered tho mother, as her tears flowed forth anow. William sank into a scat, and hiding his face in his hands, wept bitterly. Tho mother did not attempt to check him. Sho knew those tears were precious. " And my father ? " asked tho young man, when ho regained his composure. " Ho is well. But you had better retire for awhile. Go to your old room, my son, it is just as you left it, and wait till I summon you." It was with a fluttering heart that the overjoyed mother went about the preparations for dinner, and when the table was neatly set, every dish in its place, and the turkey smok ing hot, waiting to bo carved, sho summoned tho old man. He made his appearance at once, and took his scat. Glancing round the table, he said : 1 " What is this, wifo, you havo set platosfor throe!" " I thought perhaps somebody might drop in unexpectedly." ' There is little danger hope, I mean of that," answered tho deacon sadly. At this juncture, Mrs. Wilson, with a mys terious expression, Tang the bell, with which. in happier days, she was wont to summon her tardy children to thoir meals. It was answered by the appearance of the long lost William. T, ho deacon, who recognized him after a mo-u.cr.t, jawd upon him with a stern eye, but with a quivering hp t'uat betrayed tho force of his ill suppressed emotions. " So you havo como back at last," ho said. " Yes, father, but not as I left you. Father, last-Thanksgiving day I went into my lonely room, and there, kneeling down, addressed myself to Heaven, and solemnly abjured the fatal cup which had brought ruin upon me, anil woe uDon this onco hapov family. From that day to this I havo not touched a drop. Is sn y probation enough ? Can you now wel come aek your son and bless hiin ? " " Bless him ! Yes, yes, bless you, my dear, dear&ov1." said the old deacon, placing his trembling hand on tho dark locks of tho plea der. "You aro welcome, William, though you come only to witness the downfall of our house." " Not so, fitter," answered tho young man joyously, I Uavo come back to save you to atone for ray prodigality, for all my errors. It was this hope that sustained mo in the lone heart of the Sierra Nevcda, when I was panting with thirst and dying with hunger-Thoughts of homo, of you and mother, and of God's angels, enabled me to conquer for tune. I have como back with a storo of gold you shall not bo a beggar in your old age ; father, wo shall keep tho farm." After this it is unnecessary to add that joy entered tho old homestead. It was a chast ened joy, for tho shadows of tho past yet mingled with the sunshine of tho present ; but the felicity which attended tho prodigal's return was enough to compensate for many sorrows. WHO WRITE THE NEGRO BONGS! The principal writer of our national music is said to bo Stephen C. Foster, tho author of "Uncle Ned," " 0 Susannah," fcc. Mr. Foster resides near Pittsburgh, where ho occupies a moderate clerkship, upon which, and a per ccntago on tho sale of his songs, he depends for a living. Ho writes tho poetry as well as tho music of his songs. These are sung where ever the English language is spoken, while the music is heard wherever men sing. In the cotton fields of tho South, among tho mines of California and Australia, in tho sea-coast cities of China, in Faris, in tho London prisons, everywhere, in fact, his melodies aro beard. " Undo Ned " was the first. This was published in 1815, and reached a sale unknown till then 13 the music publishing business. Of " Tho Old Foil:' ftt Home," 100,000 copies have been sold in this country, and as many more in England. "My KentuCJ Home," and "Old Bog Tray," eaohhadasale of about 70,000. All his other songs have had a great run. All his compositions are simple, but they aro natural, and find their way to the popular heart, and link themselves indissoli bly with its best associations. Another Chance fob a New England Emigrant Society. The directors of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, havo determined to bring into market one hundred thousand acres of the valuable grant of lands by Congress to.tbo'"Statos of Alabama and Mis-SissiPDh to aid in the construction, of .the great work. 1'iheae lands lie in the counties of Wayne, Clarke, Lauderdale, Kemper and Noxubee, Miss., and Sumter, Ala'. They are.con-Uraous or convenient to the line of the rail road ar all within a few hours' distance of Mobile, and a large proportion of thoso now offered, for sale are of good quality, some Of them equal to the finest cotton lands in Mississippi. Thei sale Is to be at public auction, at different points in the .counties mentioned. and to be sold above the minimum price of five dollars per acre. " ; ' ' ; frtr A chap roadimr that Mexican fiileshad been received in New York- city, Went iatoa hardware store an d asked to look at Soma of thew. He es a brother ofthe man whd Inquired fora pouad of Liverpool dates, recieved by 'One of the steamships. STRYCHNINE DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE AI'ltlL, 1. Reported for the Ohio Stato Journal. Mr. Brown, from tho Judiciary committed reported back tho bill prohibiting tho use of strychnine in tho manufacture of intoxicating drinks, with tho rccommondation that tho bill bo indefinitely postponed. Mr. Rush inquired of Mr. Brown why tho committee made the recommendation. Mr. Brown said that ho was not authorized to speak for the committco, but for himself ho would say that ho regarded strychnino as no worso poison than tho natural and nocessary elements of tho liquors themselves. Strych nine kills, and so docs rum, brandy, whisky, &c., tho ono not more certainly than tho other. Tho one does tho work at once, and the other by a slow process. Strychnino never makes its victim a fool, or a madman, or a brute. It never makes a man whip his wife, beggar and starvo his children, and take the life of his fellow'. It never furnishes victims for the alms-houso, beggars for tho streets, or criminals for the Penitentiary and gallows. Intoxicating liquors do all theso things. Ho thought it simply absurd to prohibit the use of the one, and tolerate that of the other. Ho said, if ho could have his way, ho would so impregnate with strychnino all tho liquor in the land, as to cause it to kill a man to look at it even. Mr. Cattell said his objection to tho passage of the bill was that it would seem to imply that if liquor was kept freo from any mixture of poisonous drugs, it would be a safo and innocent beverage. Ho was not willing to give, even by implication, any such impression. Tho fact is, you may tako the purest fighting whisky that can bo manufactured, perfectly freo from every foreign ingredient, and its ef fect on tho community when it is consumed as a drink, is about as bad as anything you can imagine. Its office la" to produce disease and death, by a slow and horrid process. Un der the infiuenco of tho purest whisky, men will abuse, beggar, and often murder thoir families, and go down themselves to a drunkard's grave and a drunkard's reward. Would it bo any worso for him, his family, or the State, if the first dozen drinks wcro sufficient to closo his career, bcton Lo. has broken tho heart of his wife, and reduced his children to starvation, or tho necessity of relief at tho hand of charity ? It was not in the use of poisoned or drugged liquor, wo aro to look for the cause of the manifold miseries they produce. It was tho principle of intoxication contained in tho purest liquors, which docs tho mischief. No virus, however deadly, can add much to the venom, of their own native character. It would bo even better to mako your whisky from dog button alone, than to torturo our rye and corn into the seductive poison. Whisky has long had a bad name ; it is getting worso ; even its friends arc becoming sus picious of it ; let us do nothing to indorse its respectability j on tho contrary, I would outlaw it. I would class it with other poisons, and brand it as such, and prohibit tho sale of it as a beverage, in any quantity. That would bo quite as easy as to prevent tho mixture of poisonous drugs in its manufacture, and bo far more efficacious. We fail in our efforts at suppressing intemperance, becauso our laws aro based upon the false position, that it is necessary and right that intoxicating liquors should bo sold and used as a beverage, within certain limits, by persons over a certain age, and free from certain habits. Now, the truth is, it is neither an Article of necessity, nor even of luxury to a healthy stomach, but a pernicious poison, whose province is to destroy tho health, and madden tho brain ; and the wholodram-selling business should bo exterminated as a curse to society, unmixed with a single blessing. But I would not undertake its extermination by fines and imprisonments upon cithor tho seller or drinker, but by seizing and destroy ing tho liquor itself, when kept for that pur pose. Tho inflictions of fines and imprisonments always creates sympathy for the parties who suffer them, with but little regard to their guilt or innocence If tho offender have a family, it is they, who, in numerous cases, suf fer most by the infliction, and humane men, who long for justice, will not enforce a law which punishes the innocent more than the guilty. It is easy to avoid all this, by simply seizing tho mischievous article itself, which will excito no man's sympathy, outrage no man's sense of justice, and punish no innocent party for the guilt of another. I would eager ly and joyfully vote for such a law; striking at tho very root of this great evil ; but for a 177 to protect the character of liquor from tho chargo of poison, for a law merely to prevent a cross botwoen airjehnine and whisky, never. Let thom go together, they are fit as-sociates their product is death. Mr. Lawler said : Mr. President, I have heretofore thought myself a .true friend of the temperance causo, but if the position takon by certain Senators, in their discussions of the bill now before tho Senate, is the only temperance position, I aupposo I shall be compelled to abandon my fouuer good opinion of myself. But,ir, I do not jregard the proposition now before (he Senate, as invoking .question of temperance. It is not a proposition to legislate for the benefit of those who use intoxicating liquors, as a common beverage, but to protect 'community in its proper use its medicinal use. This is a consideration, which it seems to me, has been wholly overlooked by many Senators in this discussion. Who does net know that many medicines now employed, under the direction of competent Physicians, aro prepared in the use of Alcohol. Many of the tinctures and other medicines lolifvor form, obtained of the Druggist; contain Alcohol. Shall those be adulterated by an infusion of strychnine ? Whop (a the so of these remedies wo seek the blessing of health, shall we bo required to take deadly poison ? But, sir, tako it as a tcmporar.ee moasure simply, and I cannot occupy the position and embrace the sentiments of tho Senators from Portage and Columbiana. I cannot consent that even tho drunkard shall be consignod to a speedy death and untimely grave. As long as thoro is lifo thcro is hope. While tho drunkard lives ho may possibly bo reformed. True, ho may wasto his property,and beggar his wifo and children, but his reformation is more than any moro consideration of property. Let him live, therefore, as long as God permits, that ho may bo recovered from tho error of his ways. Mr. President, the objection is not that alcohol does not contain poison enough, but that it contains too much, that it kills kills too fast. I would not put more poison in, but tako more out. I would mako it innocent harmless as water. I hope, therefore, that tho bill may pass. Mr. lurk said : It is not my intention to make any extended remarks upon this bill ; other matters of pressing importance, are now demanding out timo. I beg leave to take issue with my friends, tho Senators from Portago and Columbiana. Thoir position is so novel, and so contrary to tho feelings of true human ity, in my estimation, that I feel compelled to make a remark or two. I think that no ono can bo more opposed to tho manufacture and salo of alcoholic drinks, than myself, and if, as is asserted, it has becomo customary to use strychnino or other poisons in their manufacture, it becomes us to sanction this bill, and reject the report of this committee These Senators tell us that we should not, but insist that we should, induco tho more frequent, and moro abundant uso of poisons, in order to do-tor men from tho habit of drinking ; or in other words, that thoy who havo riveted tho fetters of inebriety upon them, should be killed moro speedily. I ask Senators if this is the expanded philanthropy that should actuate us here ? I think not. Alcoholic drinks arc sufficiently deadly in themselves. How many homes crowd upon my memory now, whore every emotion of tho heart, was tho result of contentment and peace, but are now made desolate, sad, drear, by this blighting curse. Consider that tho man who once moved in so ciety, whoso sparkling wit, lofty thought and social lecl!ni, mado him ono of its brightest ornaments, is still lovod by his littlo family ; thoy remember Ins virtues and tho 110U0 am. bition which onco animated his warm impulses for them, and tho future, and they cling with the tenacity of death to tho hope that his child's innocent prattlo, and a wife's undying affection, may repair the ruin which has been made by this poison. They still hopo that tho adder which is concealed in tho "flowors that wreath tho sparkling bowl," may lose its powor to please, and restore to thom a husband and father. Many such prayerful and long delayed hopes havo been realized. But, the gentlemen say, kill them quick, and lot them go. Let me say, that it is not the fool that becomes a slave to this appetite, as a gen eral thing ; it is tho man whoso liberality, goodness of heart, and social feelings, make him the companion of tho festive hour. Men may talk lightly hero of theso unfortunates, and think that the world is best rid of them ; but if there is a class of men, Tor whom I havo a deep sympathy, these are the men, and for Heaven's sake, do not add anything more to their tortures. If wo are never to suppress tho awful consequences of intcmpcranco until wo do it by murdering its victims with other poisons, its ravages will never bo checked its stream of desolation and death will move on. carrying the once generous and noble heart, and if tho pyramids of broken hearts and blasted hopes, erected all along its shore, will not causo them to resist its migty and almost resistless current, strychnino will not do It. I hopo this bill will receive the sanction of this Senate. BAYARD TAYLOR ON HIS TIC At ELS. Taylor writes from Pitca, in 65 degrees North latitude, with the thermometer at 38 degress below zero, in the following strain ; This is Artie travel, at last. By Odin, it is glorious I Tho smooth, firm road, crisp and pure as alabaster ,ovcr which our sleigh run-nors talk, with the rippling, musical murmur of summer brooks ; the sparkling, breathless firmament ; the eorgeous, rosy flush of morn ing, slowly deepening until the orango disc of tie sun outs tho horizon ; the golden blaze 01 tops of the bronze firs ; tho glittering of the glassy birches ; tho long dreary sweep of the landscape ; the icy nectar of the perfect air; the tingling of the roused blood in every vein, all alort to guard the outposts of lifo against the besieging cold it is superb ; Tho natives themselves spoke of tho cold as being unusually severe, and we congratulated ourselves all the more on our easy endurance of it. Had we judged only by our own sensations, we ehould not have believed the temperature to bo nearly so low. Wo made two Sweedish miles by noon, and then took a breakfast of fried reindeer meat and panckes, of which we ate enormously, to keep up a good supply of fuel. Braistcdand I consumed about a pound of butter between us. Shriek not, young ladies, at our tulgar appetite you woo sipaspoonmi or ice cream, or trifle with a diminutiue meringue, in company, but mako amends on .cold bam and pickloa 4a tho pantry, after you go borne I shall toll the truth, though it disgust you. This intense com begets a necessity for (at, and with the necessity comes the taste a wise provision of Nature. I have no doubt I shall be able to relish train .oil and tallow candles before we have done with Lapland. Something Rare. We learn from h Louisiana papers that at tho close of the session of tho Legislature of that State a motion was made to allow Sir. J. A. Warner, Secretary of the Senate, $500 extra compensation, When that gentleman arose and requested the mover to withdra it ; said that he accepted the office with a knowledge 6f the salary and From the St. Loui(Mj.)Domocrnt,(Bi'nt(inor;;ivn) Ollt TICKET AND FLATFOK.II. Tho Democratic City Convention on Saturday was full in numbers, unanimous in opinion, and harmonious in action. Most of tho candidates were nominated with acclamation, and without a dissenting voice ; and only in ono caso was it necessary to make a second ballot. Tho earnest spirit which informed tho delegates could not fail to make itself cognizable to tho least observing. Belief in tho rights and respectability of freo labor, in tho salutary influence of freo discussion, in tho superiority of freo soil, and tho determination to maintain this creed honcoforward, wore tho leading characteristics of the collcctivo intelligence and volition. " Freo labor " was a potent spell word, responded to whenever uttered in a peal of cheers and stampings, If numbers earnestness, and unity, aro favorable prognostics, wo may abide tho result of tho election with the tranquility which the knowledge of victory imparts. Tho resolutions adopted by tho Convention aro a brief and dispassionato expression of the sentiment entcrtainod by tho masses of this city upon tho question now most prominent in the public mind, and especially upon the local bearings of that question : Whoroas, the Pro-Slavery party of this State, calling themselves national Dcmocats, by thoir course in the last session of the Legislature, renowed tho agitation of tho Slavery question, and forced tho emancipation ques tion upon tho people ; and whereas the Democracy of this city deem this a fit opportunity to declare their sentiments in regard to this question, therefore bo it Resolved, That we heartily end:rso the course of our delegates in the last Legislature. Resolved, That tho gradual emancipation of Slavery in tho Stato of Missouri, in tho opin ion of this Convention, is an open question, and ono of vital importance to tbo pcoplo of this State ; that wo disapprove of the resolutions on this subject introduced by Mr. Cany in tho Legislature, during its last session, as an attempt to gag the froo expression of opinion upon tho freedom of spoech and of tho press. Resolved, That tho Constitution of this Stato provides that slaves may bo emancipated bi tho consent of tho owners, by making compen sation for the same, and that gradual emanci pation, upon tho terms provided in tho Constitution, in neither " impracticable, unwise, nor unjust," if it shall appear to be for tho best interests of tho people of this Stato ; and the on ly modo of ascertaining this important fact is by full and froo discussion of tho entire subject.fn the first place, tho responsibility of enkindling a domestic Slavery agitation in Missouri, in which tho institution will bo consumed liko stubble, or through which it will pass liko gold through the crucible, is placed upon tho proper agent. Tho historic evidence which convicts tho national Democratic party of tho guilt or crowns it with tho glory of initiating that agitation, is tbo recent and too notorious to require that it should bo reproduced on this occasion. That party applied the torch in electing Balm, and poured oil upon the firo in passing Carr's resolution. They lighted tho path of tho friends of freo labor, wbo wcro not slow to pursue it, and which has led them to a lofty eminence Unchal lenged and unassailed, the " national Democ racy," with a recklessness which looks like a fatality, placed Slavery on its banner before tho world ; and they aro now conscious that sentence of doom is impending. Tho praise or blamo of presenting tho issuo is theirs. H7ien a system of gradual emancipation shallbe in successful operation in this State when land shall be trebled in value, and the white population quadrupled in numbers when St. Louis shall have the mills of Lowell and the forges of Pittsburgh, in addition to her own expanded commerce Oie statesman or historian, in accounting for Ote new order of things, may mention thepro:eed-ings of the Legislature of 1S5G '57, and accord due merit to the National Democracy such merit as tlie Scriptures accord to Ballam for blessing those whom he went forth to curse such as is accorded to aU blind an I widcei instruments for accomplishing good ends. Tho importance of the question of emanci pation tbo right to discuss it the qualified permission to emancipate, contained in tho Constitution an anathema upon Carr's resolution, and " full and freo discussion of the entire subject," aro embodied in the simple and comprehensive platform constructed by the Convention, and on which tho robust Democracy of St. Louis itand in "cubic phalanx firm." It was deemed better to ignore dead and distant issues, and concentrate upon tho near and vital ono which is specified in the resolutions. Tho ukase offorcd by Can-in the Legislature was cortainly an attempt to gag freedom of speech ; but it was more, for it was an attorapt to enternize Slavery in this Stato, and to Shut out free State, immigration. If it could effect this two-fold purpose, it would blight tho land, and make the Missouri river as much of a solitude as the Amazon. For tunatoly, the constitutional right of engaging in the pursuit of happiness, of which mankind is somewhat prone to avail itself, renders the Carr resolution a dead letter. The issue in this canvass is thus clearly do fined. Shall we submit to be gagged ? Shall we acknowledge that Slavery is too sacred for discussion is it dearer to us than tbe Stato ? If a conflict of interest should arise between tho State and the institution, shall we commit ourselves in advance for the institution and gainst the State 1 The day may come whe loyalty to Slavery may be treason to Missouri It may hare come already. Shall fee then refuse to enlighten onrsolves at such junetmre, and forbid inquiry ind in vestigution ? Tho causo that shuns inquiry and repulses investigation is a bad causo. We do not supposo tho freemen of St. Louis will ombraco it by electing any man cliief magistrate of this city who affiliates with those who soddcneJ the soil of Kansas with' fratcrnu' blood who exulted at tho introduction of club law in tho Senate chamber who blocka ded tho Missouri river, and carried out the rightof search ou every suspected steamer upward bound who havo rioted in every class in degree of crime for a long period. It staggers belief, that tho party of Atcliisou unj Stringfrllow, of Calhoun and Reed the party that not only commits noonday homicide, but that encourages a band of assassins to make away with ono man tho party that breaks opon the United Stutcs mail, and that meditates tho destruction of tho States themselves it staggers belief, we say, that such a party Should have tho temerity to run a ticket in a city which is governed by law, and which is devoted to the peaceful pursuits of industry and art. That party is desirous of making conquests all round of having its minions in power in St. Louis, and of making our municipal government the confedcrat? of tho Bluo Lodge. RED COAT VS. RED SHIRT. At a convivial party at which Mr. Webster and sevoral distinguished lawyers woro present, tho conversation happening to turn on the legal profession, Mr. Webster related tho following story : When I was a young practitioner, said Mr. Webster, there was but one man at tho New Hampshire bar of whom I was afraid, and that was old Barnaby. There were but few men who dared enter the list with him. On ono occasion Barnaby was cmployod to defend a suit for a pieco of land; brought by a littlo crabbed, cunning lawyer named Bruce. Brucc's case was looked upon as good as lost, when it was ascertained that Barnaby was retained against him. Tho suit came on for trial, and Barnaby found that Bruce had worked hard and left no stono unturned to gain tho victory. Tho testimony for the plaintiff was vory strong, and unless it could bo impeached, tho caso of tho defendant was lost. Tho principal witness introduced by the plaintiff woro a red coat. In summing up the evidence, old Barnaby commenced a furious attack upon this witness, pulling his testimony all to pieces, and appealing to tho jury if a man who woro a red coat was, under any cir cumstanccs, to bo behoved. " And who is this red-coated witness," exclaimed Barnaby, "but a decendant of our common enemy, who has strivon to tako from us ourliborty, anu' would not hesitate now to doprivo my poor client of his land, by making any sort of rod-coated statement ? During this speech Bruco was walking up and down tho bar, greatly excited, and half: convinced that his caso was gone, knowing as ho did, tho prcjudico of tho jury against anything British. While, however, Barnaby was gesticulating, and leaning forward to tho jury in his eloquent appeal, his shirt bosom slightly opened, and Bruco accidently discovered that Barnaby wore a red under shirt. Bruce's countcnanco brightened up. Tutting both hands in his coat pockets, ho walked tho bar with great confiileiiae to tho astonishment of his client and all lookers-on. Just as Barnaby concluded, Bruco whispered in his client's car, "I've got him your caso is safe;" and approaching tho jury ho commenced his reply to the slaughtering argument of his adversary.Bruce gave a regular history of tho ancestry of tho red-coated witness, proving his patriotism and devotion to his country, and his character for truth and veracity. " But what, gentlemen of tho jury," broko forth Bruco in a loud strain of eloquence, while his eyes flashed firo, " what are you to expect of a man who stands here to defend a causo based on no foundation of right or justice whatever, of tho man who undertakes to destroy our testimony on the ground that my tvitness wears a red coat, when, gentlemen of thojury when, when, gentlemen ot the jury ! " hero Bruco mado a spring, and catching Bar naby by the bosom of tho shirt, tore it open displaying his red flannel " when Mr. Bar naby himself wears a red flannel coat concealed undor a bluo ono 1 " Tho effect was elec trical ; Barnaby was beat at his own game, and Bruco gained tho cause. Oie Orleans Picayune Letter from Col. Titus. Col. Titus publishes a letter in tho New York Herald, in which he cives an account of hii arrest and unpnsynmont on boanl tne British corvotto Ubssad; and appeals to the American people to avengo the insult offered to them in his person, lie says: Has Ameriea proud America 1 ceased to exist ? and has her counsels become so corrupt, under tho rule of Pierce, Marcyand Yander-bilt, that they will barter American freedom for thier own self-aEenuidiscmenl?- To tlio American bcoplo I appeal, in tho naroo of our sacred constitution and the precepts of our institntions, to call for tho rights of hcreitizons and from such outrageous insults from tho hands of the English coxcombs that infest this coast. Alas, would to God that I bad never witneied sueh a disgrace. I for tho first time felt that I was prisoner in he hands of my enemies. I shall bear the insult with patience and fortitude and wait for tho result. Well do I know that uv causo has inany friends in my native land, wbo will not quietly submit to such an outrage upon American liberty at the hands of English oppressors and tyranta. 11" 1 m - 1 ftj- In a little town on the upper Missisrfp pi river a clergyman recently married a young couple, and after the ceremony wasover wish ed the bride a pleasant journey down the "stream of life." "I hope so,"" said she; " I've beard there was a great deal of fever on tbe river now, and I hope we shan't ketch nono oft oa the way dcwn.1' From tlio Now York Tribune,' KANSAS XE AYS. A Meeting in LiiBrmce-G'iternl Lnne on th Slump Lojtts Cjmus Sltenff Junes Resurrected.Lia-rtMrTON, K. T., M.irch 23, 1S37. Somo ei'lit hundred porsons met in the lower story of Mr. Morrow's now hotel, in this place, last night, to hear Col. Lina spjnlc. Lane was well received, lie spoko somo two hour,' to an interested nudiunce. In stylo of lelivory and fk ,'doiu of manner he was the samo old Jim Lano. I noted ono improve-. ment ho hasoschewed'the "vain repetitions"-with which he used to signify his periods.: Tho sarcasm which this peculiarity met ban inducted a moro simple style, but still it i emphatically "Lnnoish." 1 ho positions ho took were tho same as ta ken Ly tho rvcon t Tupoku Convention. On some points ho elaborated' and expatiated, but he held that the policy was not only tho riht one, Out that thcro was no alternative. Ho urged tho necessity of the Stato Legi.-Oaturo tisoemijling in .J 11110, at lopeua. liiatluoy should framo a wholesome code of laws, an.t havo tho whole State organization complete and ready to put in active operation in a mo ment, lliat they should also memorialize Congress for admission as a State.au J set thoir State Government 111 motion tho moment IficY wore admitted, or when the Pro-SUivery Stat Uovernment attempted to go 111 motion out of the ('moil'." Ho said ho did not como to eairse difficulty and hoped there would be none. He denied that he began the war last summer. Ho entered into an elaborate explanation of his coQ'- duct in coining into tho Territory and leaving it when he did. 11c had left, trusting in good faith to Geary, and not wishing to cmluirras the action of tlio latter. At the samo time ho stated that tho arrival of Governor Geary, coining as ho did, was a misfortune, as tho Pro-Slavery Territorial Government 'would have been driven but in a few days more, and tho squatters of Kansas would have secured justice against usurpation. IIo claimed that the' peace" winch ensued was the result 01 thCOurage and forbearance of the Freo Stato men. lie complimented the I reo state soldiers, and said that the Kepublican party of tho country was tho only ono from which Freo Kansas had anything to hope. Ho said tha twenty Republican Senators would never consent to a bill admitting Kansas as a Slave! State, and there was no " previous question " in tho Senate. IIo condemned tho maugurat of Buchanan. He had faith in the prudence if not in the principles of that Adiuibiatratiori until ho had read that inaugural. lie gave an account of his trip up tho Missouri river, ia disguise and under an assumed name. He. said that a quarrel should ncYcrbcgiu ia Kansas about him, and over hlru. Tho bogus census takers are dt work. They have received instructions from the bogu.4 county courts, which differ materially from, oven tho bogus directions, and thoy vfere bad enough in all conscience Tho truth is h)tt every bogus official is a law unto himsolf; and legislation to uctlno their unties is a work 01 supererogation, i here is not a bogus consta ble but occasionally assumes the functions of tf 3ustitTJTJfrfacre'is'uoi. a Sheriff hut labors under tho delusion that he is a Judge, and tho bogus county courts havo as exalted an opinion as to their omniscient and legitimate mission on earth as if they were descendants oT the red fruit of Lako 1'ulkouri. This samo census will bo a very great humbug; but bogus humbugs aro sometimes Seri'- ous. Unly a small part 01 the f reo State men aro placed on tho list. They tako no one that is, no Free Stato man who was not an actual settler on the Iotli inst. They Ignore tlio recent arrivals in fact all tho arrivals of this Spring, ami do not tako one-half of tlio others. The Freo Stato men allow them to do as they please, only somo of them wish them at Jericho, and sume few do not scrupla to say so. I learn that " Johnson Comity " will haVo the largest population of any county in tho Territory -Johnson Countv, which does not contain a hundred legal voters, even by that fraudulent act, and which is not open lawfully to white settlement yet perhaps will not bo for somo timo. This constitutional census and election movement of the Oligarchy is going to bo by far the grandest and most systematic voting swindle that was ever heard of. Fr.Escn Fashion. Husbands nlid fathei-s will shudder to learn that the French fashions assetby the Kmpress Eugenic, contemplate no contraction of "circumforoncoand cost." Says-a corespondent: "Tlio latest fete at tho Tuilerics was marked by (if possible) a greater extravagance than ever in tho dresses. The Kmpress' costumo no crinolino could possil ly have supported, so onormous was the extent and so solid tho substructure. Tho dress was a potticoat of white tulle, with thrco skirts bouilone; a tunic of sky-blue velvet, trimmed with tulle pufiingH and largo gold beads; and a head dress of blue foliago, surmounted by a diamond tiara all of which ol course, became her aiajosty." Washington-, April 10. Ex-Govenor Gea ry rotumod to Washington this morning ta close his official business wilh the Government. lie has stated to his friends that ho will not b drawn into a newspaper controversy, being; satisfied that while ho was uovcrnor, ho honestly and to tho best of his ability discharged his duties, tie also says that ho will not u responsible for tho publication of reported con. versations, niany of which aro contradictory; but ho is willing to be iudged by his oQiciai acts and Statements, which by himself were; committed to paper. Lynching near Mays I IIo. Doubtless our readers remember tho cir cumstanccs attending the death of Mr. F razor a fanner residing near Lexington, and the sub sequent trial of his wifo and overseer, named Gregg, on the chargo of liuviug murdered him. They were acquitted, and liavo since married and settled near Maysvillu. A few days ago Grcire: was Ukon out of his house and thor oughly castrated, by a party of men supposed. to be trout Lexington. liouuwue Journal, 1th iflst. ftT A kind hearted and affectionate spoa. boiinettcd and shawled, very rxenlty appeared at the door of a room where her good natured liego lord was about to indulge in a comforta ble snooze. " My dear, J am going shopping. What shall I bring you to comfort you ?" " I don't know, lore ; I don't think of am . tiling I want particularly, just now. Como and kiss me. I will tell you, however what 1 want you to don't bring mo." " Wbt iait, pray ? " . " Tray, don't bring me ia k" Akothes "Bask Cai."-Go. King, of New York, returned to the pwjdent of tho Hudson River railroad ifrttpiss which that gontleiuan had sent him. with a polite note, saying that his official Tsitiuli iriU lit per i mil Aim to fist it.